Thursday, 13th February 2025
etc.venues, County Hall, London
Recognising excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in Europe
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For more than a decade, Private Equity Wire has been recognising excellence in the fields of fundraising, portfolio performance, and service provision.
This year, we're bringing all our European awards together into one, stellar evening, where we will celebrate all those driving innovation, transformation and growth across the private markets landscape.
Don't miss out on our only European awards of the year!
An allocator board, peer surveys, editorial expertise, and data analysis go into selecting our winners, helping us build one of the industry’s most influential awards programmes.
On the night, which follows our flagship Private Capital European Summit 2025, we're expecting an exclusive gathering of C-suite leaders from the GP, LP, and service provider communities.
For Investors
Find out which GPs are outperforming across a range of AUM brackets, investment strategies and geographies. Learn who’s serving them most effectively.
For Managers
Put yourself on the radar of keen investors and meet service providers that can help your business grow and scale up effectively.
For Service Providers
Your chance to shine in front of the entire investor and manager community, while also tracking which firms and strategies are on the up.
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SERVICE PROVIDER CATEGORIES
Please provide a brief overview of your business (up to 100 words) and a compelling case in 250 words or fewer on why your service deserves an award for the period from January 2024 to December 2024.
You may also include a client testimonial to support your entry—this is optional but encouraged. Additionally, there’s an option to upload any supporting documents that might strengthen your submission. The below categories are open to European based only service providers.
Our judging panel will select the finalists. These will go to a public vote, and the top-voted providers will be used to support the decision of the judging panel. The judging panel's decision is final.
Please note that these awards are FREE to enter.
*Deadline to submit your entries is 13th December 2024*
MANAGER CATEGORIES
The manager award categories include European based single-manager and multi-manager funds.
Nominations for all categories are based on numbers reported during the last 12-month period from 1st January – 31st December, 2024.
Private Equity final performance awards are based on the highest performing net IRRs and money multiple returns based on the latest available data in the 12-month period under review.
Private Equity fund raising awards are based on capital raised based in the 12-month period under review.
Entrants will be asked to provide (including but not limited to)*:
•Vintage/inception year
•Strategy
•Fund currency
•Fund size
•Called capital
•Net IRR
•Net multiple
•Factsheet
•Strategy presentation or pitchbook
*The above information will be treated as confidential and will only be shared with the Private Equity Wire review board and the advisory board.
The shortlist and winners will be selected based on entries and performance data gathered from industry data sources.
Please note that these awards are FREE to enter.
*Deadline to submit your entries is 10th January 2025*
To qualify for this category, managers must fit the following criteria:
• Closed fund and either investing or harvesting capital
• The fund must have called at least 50% of capital
- Performance of the Year: Buyout
- Performance of the Year: Co-Invest
- Performance of the Year: Direct Lending
- Performance of the Year: Distressed Debt
- Performance of the Year: Fund of Fund
- Performance of the Year: Growth
- Performance of the Year: Mezzanine Debt
- Performance of the Year: RE Debt
- Performance of the Year: Real Asset
- Performance of the Year: Secondaries
- Performance of the Year: Special Situations
- Performance of the Year: VC Debt
- Performance of the Year: Venture
To qualify for this category, managers must fit the following criteria:
• Have closed a new fund raise in the last calendar year (1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024).
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Buyout
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Co-Invest
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Fund of Funds
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Growth
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Real Asset
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Secondaries
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Special Situations
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Venture
- Overall Fund Raising of the Year: Direct Lending
To qualify for this category, emerging managers must fit the following criteria:
• Have raised no more than 3 funds in the series/range
• Management firm be less than 5 years old
• The fund must have called at least 50% of capital
• Closed fund and either investing or harvesting capital
To qualify for this category, managers must fit the following criteria:
• Have closed a new fund raise in the last calendar year (1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024).
• Have raised no more than 3 funds in the series/range
• Management firm be less than 5 years old- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Buyout
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Co-Invest
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Fund of Funds
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Growth
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Real Asset
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Secondaries
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Special Situations
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Venture
- Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Direct Lending
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The manager awardsnominations are extended to European-based single-manager and multi-managerfunds.
Nominations for all categories are based on numbers reported during the last12-month period from 1st January – 31st December 2024.
All submissions are confidential and will only be shared with the PrivateEquity Wire review board and advisory board.
To find out moreabout the nomination and voting process, contact us at events@privateequitywire.co.uk
Please provide therelevant information here in your nomination application. Shortlisted firmswill be contacted in the week commencing 16th December 2025.
Business Overview:Share a brief description of your firm (up to 100 words).
Award Case: Submit acompelling case (250 words or fewer) outlining why your service deserves anaward for the period from January 2024 to December 2024.
Optional Support:Include a client testimonial or upload any supporting documents that enhanceyour submission.
To find out moreabout the nomination and voting process, contact us at events@privateequitywire.co.uk
The deadline for the awards are below:
Service Providers: Friday 13th December 2024
Managers: Friday 10th January 2025
No nominations afterthis date will be accepted.
Finalists will becontacted by our team by the week commencing 16th December 2025. Acampaign kit will be provided to share with your networks and winners will bechosen via a voting system.
To find out moreabout the nomination and voting process, contact us at events@privateequitywire.co.uk
Our judging panelwill select the shortlists. These will go to a public vote, and the top-votedproviders will be used to support the decision of the judging panel.
Voting is open andwill close on the 16th December for Service Providers and 13thJanuary 2025 for Managers. All self-votes will be discounted.
This year's awardstake place after the Private Capital Summit on Thursday, 13th February2025 at County Hall, London.
To find out moreabout how to get your ticket to the awards, reach out to events@privateequitywire.co.uk
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